Status:
COMPLETED
Post-thoracotomy Pain Management With Active External Warming and Ice Application
Lead Sponsor:
Akdeniz University
Conditions:
Post Operative Pain
Pain, Acute
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The aim of study is to investigate the effects of active external warming of patient concurrently with application of ice to incision site on thoracotomy pain and analgesic consumption. The research i...
Detailed Description
The study was initiated after obtaining the written approval of the study centers. The center of the study and the hospital where the research was conducted. Written permission was obtained from the h...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients aged between 18 and 65 years who were not underweight or obese (body mass index 19-30 kg/m2)
- Patients woke up within the first two postoperative hours, and had been extubated were included in the study group.
Exclusion
- Patients in whom hemodynamic stabilization was not achieved 2 hours after thoracotomy,
- patients with Raynaud's phenomenon, neuropathy, or peripheric vascular disease,
- patients who underwent postoperative procedures that directly affect pain levels, such as decortication and thoracic wall resection,
- patients who received preemptive analgesia for pain control,
- patients who received analgesia through pleural, thoracal, and other catheter methods were excluded from the study.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 15 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 15 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
70 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05299788
Start Date
January 15 2018
End Date
August 15 2019
Last Update
March 29 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Akdeniz University Hospital
Antalya, Mediterrian, Turkey (Türkiye), 07058